Chapter 058: Martial Arts Instruction Course

“We all learned from these sources. If you feel the need to broaden your repertoire of combat techniques and styles, to enrich your fighting skills—”

“There are all kinds of courses available for download on the multidimensional supernet: Muay Thai, boxing, judo, karate, taekwondo, Jeet Kune Do, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Russian Sambo assassination techniques... and many more!”

Lofi opened her personal information terminal, switched to the virtual holographic projection mode, and guided Bai Yuxi to a space on the multidimensional supernet where he could download various instructional courses.

It was a startling discovery: Bai Yuxi was dumbfounded to find that the supernet offered everything imaginable. Beyond what Lofi had mentioned, there were even martial arts from all the major schools of Yan Country—Tai Chi, Bagua, Xingyi, Five Elements, Bajiquan, Tongbei, Wing Chun, Hung Gar—anything one could want!

Whatever happened to “passed only to men, not women,” or “kept within the family, not shared with outsiders”?

Are you certain these courses, marked at just three to five E-crystals for download, aren’t like those ten-yuan books sold by an old beggar, published by the People's Press, titled “The Buddha’s Palm”?

“In truth, for us paranormals, these so-called combat arts don’t play as big a role as people imagine,” Lofi explained. “Most of these tutorials are uploaded just to swindle E-crystals, much like in wuxia novels where ‘all martial arts are invincible if you’re fast enough.’”

“And sayings like ‘strength breaks ten skills, cleverness overcomes a thousand pounds’—as long as your physical stats are up to standard, no matter how high your martial arts skills are, a brick is all it takes to knock you out.”

“So just selectively study the methods for generating force and the use of weapons—use them only as references for your own fighting skills.”

Lofi warned, “Don’t foolishly try to learn everything. Overindulgence wastes time and E-crystals!”

Bai Yuxi wiped his brow. Although Lofi’s reasoning felt a bit odd, it made sense... Take Axe Man, that level 5 overlimit warrior—didn’t he die at the hands of Bai, who was just a newly awakened rookie?

“Is Bai’s current physical condition suitable for practicing combat techniques?” Lofi asked the female genius, regardless of Bai Yuxi’s current state of confusion as he browsed the endless options.

“His physical stats are in a phase of rapid evolution,” Su Xiaoke nodded. “His body is producing a lot of super-activity, which, apart from raising his energy limits, is mostly dissipated and wasted. In any case, he won’t feel physical fatigue or mental exhaustion for a while, and training will help strengthen his muscles.”

Lofi paused, realizing she had nearly forgotten—her new companion was now, in essence, a madly evolving “humanoid monster.” She gave a dry laugh. “Alright, I’ll take him to the training ground.”

“Go ahead. I still need to analyze his physical data further,” Su Xiaoke said, placing a vial of blood—drawn from Bai Yuxi’s arm at some unknown moment—into the centrifuge on her laboratory platform. “I’ll prepare the necessary nutrient solutions for his consumption…”

With the female genius already absorbed in her experiments, Lofi discreetly wiped away a virtual bead of sweat, took Bai Yuxi—who was engrossed in scouring the supernet—and headed straight for the underground training ground.

Though Firebird Team was only an F-level registered squad under LDH Overlimit Management Division, their facilities were decent; the headquarters boasted a well-equipped training room.

At present, only Squad Seven used this headquarters. Thus, the training ground, capable of accommodating dozens at once, was completely empty.

Lofi instructed Bai Yuxi on how to use the tutorials’ teaching mode and practice mode, then transferred him a sum from her own supernet account to cover the cost of purchasing courses.

Seeing Bai Yuxi, wearing his “multidimensional information data combat support screen,” studying earnestly, occasionally mimicking moves with his hands and feet, Lofi left him with a reminder: if anything came up, contact her through the team channel. Then she went off to rest.

She was, after all, a young woman, and as squad captain, this night had exhausted her…

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

When night fell again, the members of Squad Seven, refreshed after a day’s sleep, emerged from their rooms yawning—even Jason, wrapped like a mummy, awoke and staggered eerily into the headquarters hall.

For overlimit warriors, physical recovery was astonishingly fast, but the depletion of super-activity and X-energy was not easily restored; so after a substantial rest, everyone still looked drained and sluggish.

“Huh~~~”

Yawning deeply, Willie flopped onto the sofa, muttering, “Boss, is there any mission today?”

“No mandatory assignments at the moment.”

From the headquarters’ kitchen, busy preparing dinner for everyone, Lofi called out, “Jason and Maya are injured, so tonight’s routine patrol will be handled by Drumstick, Xiaoxiao, Willie, and myself.”

Everyone silently consented. Though it was nice to have the LDH as their backing, they still had to fulfill the patrol tasks assigned to them.

After all, Squad Seven was the lowest rung among registered teams—a bunch of nobodies. Such dull, unrewarding tasks were theirs alone to handle.

When Lofi brought out a simple dinner, everyone—still half asleep—grabbed their food and began chewing noisily.

After a while, as if suddenly awakened, Xia Xiaoxiao, nearly burying her face in her plate, abruptly raised her head, looking bewildered. “Did we forget something?”

Everyone stared blankly at each other until Maya suddenly realized, “Ah! We forgot to call Su for dinner!”

“Xiaoke’s probably in the lab, doing more experiments, right?” Lofi, a bit listless herself, replied—after all, it was her turn to cook tonight, and she hadn’t slept much: “I’ll bring her dinner later. You all know she won’t come out until she’s finished her experiments…”

“No, that’s not it!” Xia Xiaoxiao counted heads, puzzled. “I think someone’s missing?”

Lofi looked around in confusion and realized Willie had fallen asleep again on the sofa.

“No, not Willie…”

Xia Xiaoxiao still felt something was off.

As vice-captain, Drumstick looked around and suddenly said, “Raise your hand if you’re not here?”